"For their propaganda, global warming alarmists rely heavily on
historic amnesia. This can be well illustrated by examples from
Australia. Severe climatic events have been a common natural occurrence in
Australia in the past, as they are today. However, this doesn’t seem to
deter climate alarmists from blaming every severe drought or flood on
human CO2 emissions. Good examples include the 2010
bushfires in Victoria, the recent catastrophic floods in Queensland and
the destructive cyclone Yasi." Dr Gerrit van der Lingen, writing in Quadrant. (UPDATE: We are happy to report that Gerrit and his wife Maryanne survived the Christchurch earthquake, but at the cost of having to move from their central city apartment).